Program Notes

Six glass vessels, some partially filled with water, are mounted on pedestals scattered around
the performance space. Microphones are inserted into the mouths of the vessels, then routed through
compressor-limiters to amplifiers and monitor speakers. During the course of the performance, the
volume levels of the amplifiers are raised and lowered, causing feedback at pitches determined by
the size and shape of the containers and their proximity to the loudspeakers. Following a sequence
notated in the score, the players closely tune with the feedback strands causing interference
patterns. At times, two water pourers empty water from one container to another, raising and
lowering the pitches of the sounds from those containers.